BetLZ News 2.22.10

Here's all the news we missed from the weekend!! Enjoy!

**Headlines**

MP says 'green card' can solve women's nationality dilemma / Daily Star

FOUR masked gunmen held up a Beirut bank today before fleeing with more than $200,000 from a safe, police and media reports said / Herald Sun

Vatican: Lebanon: Pope to Hariri: Lebanon, a model of coexistence and "message" for the entire Middle East / Spero News

Lebanese Man Urges Authorities to Find his Son's Killers in Paris / An Nahar

Lebanese press freedom takes hits: IPI report / Ya Libnan

Lebanon's outnumbered Maronites pull stops on voting age / AFP

Lebanon Tobacco Free | لبنان خالٍ من التبغ



**Business/Finance**

Beirut hotel-occupancy rate at 73 percent - Ernst & Young / Daily Star

Most tourist spending in Lebanon originated from Saudi Arabia in 2009 / iloubnan.info

Kuwaiti fund extends $5.6m for Lebanon Project / MENA FN.com


**Arts**

Mika: Just because I was late to record Helping Haiti song doesn't make me a diva / Daily Record

Elissa in Virgin Lebanon Interview ROTANA 2010




**Feature**

Why is Beirut still a byword for chaos? / BCC News

A U.N. Betrayal in Beirut / New York Times

'Surge in business' for Lebanese carpets / UK Flooring Direct

Hijacking of 6 Lebanese Radio Stations Turns Out To Be a Clever Radio Stunt for Local GSM Operator / Al Bawaba

Syrian immigration influenced Wichita culture / The Wichita Eagle


**Sports**

Olympic skiing: Njeim wears Ute ski outfit / Salt Lake Tribune


**Video**

Video: Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri met Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican Rome Reports TV News Agency



~LZ